On the night of Chen's mother's birthday, the whole family went to a restaurant to eat, Chen Lan took out a birthday gift for Chen's mother, and took the initiative to reveal that she was writing a novel on the Internet.

However, Chen's mother still told Chen Lan not to waste her studies, and being admitted to university was the way out.

Chen Lan understood Chen's mother's concept, and although she didn't agree with it, she also responded with a smile.

A few days before Chen's father's birthday, Chen's father received a call from his hometown, and Mrs. Chen asked them to go back to their hometown.

Chen Lan couldn't help but sneer when he thought of the events of his previous life.

In my previous life, I also received a call from my hometown at this time, and my father had a general relationship with my grandmother and uncle's family, even though they were suspicious of their sudden mention of giving my father a birthday, but I didn't think much about it and asked for leave from my hometown. However, before she could sit down, her grandmother, who was biased towards the Mariana Trench in the Pacific Ocean, proposed that the family should repair the house, let her parents contribute a share of the money, and when she was gone, half of the house would be given to her father. In the final analysis, it is fake to repair the house, and it is true to save money for her cousin who is uneducated and unskilled to get married.

Chen Lan couldn't tell Chen's father and Chen's mother about this, so she had to watch Chen's father, who was happy after receiving the call, talk about returning to his hometown.

Chen's father has not been valued by his family since he was a child, and he finally got married, but before his honeymoon, he was squeezed by his sister-in-law with mean language all day long, and the old lady was also cold-mouthed. Chen's father has a good temper and doesn't take it to heart, but Chen's mother can't stand it, so she packs up a few clothes and leaves the house with Chen's father, which is almost equivalent to leaving the house. After the separation, the penniless husband and wife went to City A to work hard, and even the money for renting a house was borrowed by Chen's mother from her mother's family. Therefore, in the past ten years, Chen's mother's attitude towards the Chen family has been cold and indifferent, unless it is the New Year's holiday, and she usually has no contact with the Chen family.

Chen's father's feelings for the old lady are very complicated, Chen's father has lost his father since he was a child, his family is orphaned and widowed, the eldest son is less than ten years old, Chen's father has just turned one year old, and the family is so poor that he can't open the pot. In the most difficult years, the old lady took the brothers to ask for food from door to door, and she dragged Chen's father and brothers to the eldest hand. It doesn't matter how harsh Mrs. Chen is, as long as he doesn't affect his wife and children, he will be filial to the old lady until he is old, no matter what, Father Chen still has hopes for the old lady in his heart.

Chen Lan can understand her father's excitement, but the greater the hope, the greater the disappointment, when the grandmother said let the father take out the money, the father's face suddenly decadent look, she still remembers it vividly.

Seeing that her parents began to prepare the gifts to bring back to her hometown, Chen Lan was depressed to death, sat in front of the computer and crackled at the keyboard to vent her anger, and even added the old lady as cannon fodder in the new article, so that the heroine abused her from body to heart.

Soon the day before Chen's father's birthday, Chen's father specially asked for three days off, and Chen's mother's Taobao store couldn't leave, so she could only ask Lan Yue to let her turn on the computer and hang Wangwang when she was free, and then the family returned to Chenjia Village with big bags and small bags.

When Mrs. Chen learned that Chen's father and his family were coming back today, she got up early in the morning, walked to the door from time to time to look, and saw the figure of Chen's father and his family of three at the entrance of the village, and the old lady shouted loudly at them: "Is Xiaohu back?!" "Xiaohu is Chen's father's nickname.

I heard the old lady's voice from afar, and the enthusiastic energy, and the unaware others were moved by the old lady's motherly appearance.

Chen's father was also very excited, and trotted over, "Mom, it's drying outside, come in the house." ”

Even if Chen Lan responded in his heart, he had to pull out a smile and call the old lady on the surface, "Grandma." ”

Chen's mother also shouted "Mom" in a rusty way, and stopped talking.

Most of the houses in Chenjia Village are bungalows connected together, only a few are two-story buildings, and you can see that the family is good when you look at the exterior decoration, and the uncle's family can still live. Chen Lan remembered that at this time, the uncle was doing business with others, and it seemed that he was cheated by his partner and lost a lot of money, plus his son Chen Hao made his girlfriend's belly bigger, and he was in a hurry to get married, so the old lady and the eldest aunt would hit Chen's father with their ideas. It's a pity that Chen Hao is not Chen's father's son, and it is really unreasonable to let Chen's father pay for Chen Hao's marriage and wine, so the old lady will excuse that the family wants to repair the house and build a second floor.

The eldest aunt came out of the kitchen, and when she saw Chen's mother's outfit today, she felt a little jealous in her heart, and then thought that Chen's mother was helping her niece work, and the clothes she wore should also be taken from the store, and her heart was much more comfortable. Glancing at Chen Lan, "Lan Lan has grown taller again, it's like my Yuanyuan, only fat, not tall." ”

Chen Yuan is the daughter of her eldest aunt, the same age as Chen Lan, and a few months younger than Chen Lan. Chen Lan listened to her aunt's words, but she just smiled and didn't speak. The eldest aunt is short, and Chen Yuan follows the eldest aunt, who looks average and is not tall. It is true that Chen Lan and Chen Yuan are cousins, but the relationship is like fire and water, and they have to quarrel when they meet, the original reason is that when she was a child, her aunt often talked about Chen Yuan not as tall as her, Chen Yuan looked at her unpleasantly, and was ridiculed by her aunt from time to time, so she hated her.

Seeing that the eldest aunt was serving tea and pouring water again, and praising Chen Lan to the edge of the sky as if she didn't want money in her mouth, Chen's mother muttered in her heart, this sister-in-law used to speak harshly and meanly, so why do you always feel weird when you see her greet them so warmly? In the past few months, Chen's mother has been on the forum to watch the emotional world, which will not help but conspiracy theories.

As soon as Chen Yuan was mentioned, Chen Yuan opened the door and came out in a sleepy mood, "Mom, who is coming, it's so noisy, you can't talk quietly......" Chen Yuan saw Chen's father and family sitting in the living room, and his face was a little bad.

The eldest aunt was also embarrassed, I said that you slept until the sun was three poles before you got up, and walked out in pajamas, what is this like. The eldest aunt turned around and immediately raised her eyebrows, "Dumb you, won't you call people?" ”

Chen Yuan was reprimanded by her mother with a cold face, and the anger in her heart rose again, in view of the fact that the uncle's family was there, especially Chen Lan was still sitting and watching a good show, Chen Yuan had to endure the anger and shouted in a low voice, "Uncle, aunt." With that, he went back to his room and slammed the door shut.

The eldest aunt laughed for a while, looked at the clock on the wall, it was almost 11 o'clock, she quickly got up and said, "I'll go to the kitchen to cook." He turned around and gave the old lady a look before leaving.

As soon as the eldest aunt left, the living room suddenly fell silent. The old lady played a good hand of family affection, and as soon as she opened her mouth, she said: "Xiaohu, I can't live with you all these years, I can't help it, my family is small, and I can't live with so many people......"

Father Chen was silent for a while before he said, "Mom, don't say it, I don't blame you, I'm fine with Ah Qing now, don't blame yourself." ”

My heartless dad! When Chen Lan heard this, he silently complained in his heart.

The old lady smiled with relief, tears flashed in her eyes, and she wiped her tears with a handkerchief in her hand and said, "It's good that you can think about it, fortunately, Xiaohao and they have grown up, so they can help the family share it." Speaking of this, the old lady paused, and seemed to hesitate, "Xiaohu, the house is small, I want to take out 10,000 yuan to repair the house and build a second floor, so that your family will not have no place to live when you come back for the New Year." ”

When Mother Chen heard this, she raised her eyebrows, okay, it turned out that she was waiting for them here.

Father Chen still didn't know it, and was quite moved: "Mom, it's okay with us, keep your money for the elderly." ”

The old lady's face flashed with displeasure, and she thought: Why is this idiot so unpopular, she has said that she is on this job, and she will not go around the bend. Therefore, it makes sense for the old lady to favor her eldest son, Chen's father has a clumsy mouth and will not come to trouble, how can he be like her eldest son, even if he achieves nothing, as long as he has a sweet mouth, he can make the old lady happy, and the things at home are not all his.

Looking at the impatience on the old lady's face, Chen Lan pretended not to know, picked up the cup and pretended to drink tea, but Yu Guang kept paying attention to the old lady's face.

And Chen's mother snorted coldly in her heart, did not interject, and also watched the show quietly.

The old lady changed the topic again and talked about Chen Hao's marriage. "Your eldest brother failed to partner in business some time ago and lost tens of thousands of yuan, and now Xiaohao is going to get married again......"

Father Chen interrupted the old lady's words, "Xiaohao is getting married?" What's going on, Xiaohao is only eighteen years old. "In the countryside, I don't pay attention to getting a certificate, but Chen's father and Chen's mother have been in City A for nearly 20 years, and their horizons have been broadened, and their thoughts are naturally different.

The old lady smiled unhappily, "What's wrong with being eighteen?" When you were married, you were not yet twenty years old, and Xiaohao's girlfriends were pregnant, Xiaohao was the only male grandson in our family, and he relied on him to inherit the lineage. In the end, the old lady was vaguely dissatisfied, if Xiaohu could listen to her and marry Xiaocui in the next village, she wouldn't even have a son by now.

Seeing that Chen's father didn't speak, the old lady continued: "Since Xiaohao is going to get married, this house will have to be built sooner or later, otherwise there will be no room to live in when Xiaohao's child is born, Xiaohu, this family has half of you, and it stands to reason that you will have to pay half of this money." ”

The hope in Father Chen's eyes dimmed instantly, and he said with difficulty, "Mom, what did you call me back for?" ”

The old lady was a little blocked when she heard this, and she became more and more displeased with Father Chen, "Xiaohu, you can't be too selfish, your eldest brother is failing in business now, and the family really can't afford to repair the house, you have worked in City A for so many years, you always have some savings in your hands, right?!" ”

Chen's mother straightened her waist and lowered her face coldly, "Mom, what are you talking about, after the separation, Lao Chen and I didn't think about asking you for a penny, this house is not uncommon for us, you can build as many floors as you want, this has nothing to do with us, if you have no place to live, Lao Chen and I will take you to City A to provide for your retirement." "Chen's mother meant very clearly, she wanted them to pay for the eldest brother's family to repair the house, but there was no way.

The old lady was so angry by Chen's mother's words that she trembled, "You! You're ......."

Before the old lady's words could be scolded, the uncle and Chen Hao had just arrived at the door at this time, and when they saw Chen's father's family, they were a little puzzled, "Xiaohu, why are you here?" ”

When Chen's father heard this, he felt even more uncomfortable, it turned out that no one in this family remembered his birthday, and his mother just wanted to coax him back and let him be the wrongdoer. Father Chen said indifferently: "I heard that Xiaohao is getting married, come back and take a look." "There was no mention of his birthday tomorrow.

Chen Lan saw his father's indifferent appearance, sighed silently, it is good to see these relatives clearly, after the accident of his father in his previous life, the old lady and the uncle's family were hospitalized for a few days before they came late, and after a glance, they threw down 50 yuan and left in a hurry, afraid that their mother would ask them to borrow money. Such a weak blood kinship, don't do it.

The uncle sat down and poured himself a cup of tea, "I haven't decided a few days ago, so I didn't tell you, I just negotiated with my in-laws about the auspicious day of wine, and it will be on the eighth day of the next month." ”

Mother Chen smiled and said, "Then congratulations, Xiaohao is about to become a father, and he can't be so frizzy in the future." ”

Chen Hao held a golden retriever on his head and nodded indiscriminately.